There may not be another event in the world quite like Sweetwater Sound’s GearFest. Most showcases of musical equipment, accessories and software are only open to a select group of […]

The Stephen Sondheim musical Assassins has had a difficult history–thanks in part to America’s own difficult history. When it premiered off-Broadway in 1990 in the ultra-patriotic Gulf War era, the […]

Launching an event called Buskerfest was a brave thing to do in Fort Wayne in 2009. Busking, both the word and the practice, was virtually unknown in the Summit City […]

Two years ago Ozzy Albor and Eric Bernal formed the Fort Wayne-based alternative band Leones. After Bernal messaged Albor and arranged to set up a jam session (a scenario that […]

It is not uncommon for famous musicians to try to dissuade their kids from getting into the family business. Frank Zappa went in the other direction, according to his son, […]

Melissa Junkin Shaw was a child of many contradictions. She loved to read and made good grades in school but was a “frequent flyer in detention” due to her talkative […]

On the surface, a musical embodying the values of the late 1960s counter-culture movement, and Fort Wayne’s riverfront development have little in common. That is, of course, until the story […]

Most music aficionados who do not play an instrument know Joe Walsh by his nickname, “the clown prince of rock.” They also know him for such funny, self-deprecating hits as […]